Patents by Inventor Matthew Thomas Hanson

Matthew Thomas Hanson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240059173
    Abstract: A method includes establishing a data connection between a first controller, and a second controller of a mobile machine. The method also includes causing, by the first controller, a charging unit to direct electrical current to an energy storage device of the mobile machine. The method further includes receiving, by the first controller a plurality of electronic files stored in a memory of the mobile machine, and storing the files in a memory of the charging unit. The method also includes providing to the second controller, by the first controller, an indication that each file of the plurality of electronic files has been stored in the memory of the charging unit. In such methods, second controller is configured to delete each file of the plurality of electronic files from the memory of the mobile machine based on the indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Thomas Hanson, John L. Marsolek, Nathaniel S. Doy
  • Publication number: 20230343144
    Abstract: A system and method include receiving sensor data from a of at least a portion of a work surface of a worksite including a first one or more material properties, a first timestamp, a first location, and the like, determining a multi-layer map based at least in part from this data and including new layer commands, meeting or exceeding data thresholds, new machine operations, machine learning models, and receiving additional sensor data containing a second same, similar, and/or different information, generating a new layer and/or overwriting the existing layer data, and providing a processed map to one or more machines, memory, additional devices, and the like. The method also includes saving prior layers and/or data of overwritten layers. The method further includes causing at least a part of the multi-layer material property map to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Nathaniel S. Doy, Joseph L. Faivre, Jeremy Wayne Lee, John L. Marsolek, Matthew Thomas Hanson, Brian D. Nagel, Robert K. Iverson